Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk

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Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk (born 2 December 1956) is the premier duke and earl of England, and currently holds the hereditary title of Earl Marshal, given to successive Dukes of Norfolk since 1672.

Edward was educated at Ampleforth, a Catholic independent school. He then attended Lincoln College, Oxford. He worked with various companies, and upon the death of his father in 2002, he inherited the late Duke of Norfolk's peerages and the position of Earl Marshal. Prior to 2002, he was known as the Earl of Arundel. And as he is a Howard he is related to Elizabeth I of England, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. He is also,through the Howards, decended from Edward I of England

Edward Fitzalan-Howard, then Earl of Arundel, married Georgina Susan Gore, on 27 June 1987 at Arundel Cathedral. Together, they have five children, three sons and two daughters:

Georgina Gore was born 30 January 1962, the daughter of John Temple Gore (1931-) and Serena Margaret Mounsey, who were married 29 April 1957. Her parents divorced in 1969. John Temple Gore thereafter remarried on 15 October 1969 to Antonia McMullen. He holds some ancestral connection to the earls of Temple of Stowe.

Titles

Edward Fitzalan-Howard is official styled as His Grace The Most Noble Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk. He also holds several other titles:


Preceded by:
The Duke of Norfolk 		Earl Marshal
2002— 		Current Incumbent


Preceded by:
Miles Fitzalan-Howard 		Duke of Norfolk Succeeded by:
Current Incumbent

See also: Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, 1672, 1956, 2002, 2 December, Ampleforth College